Port of New York Authority v. City of Newark

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wachenfeld, J.

The effort here is to reverse a judgment of the Superior Court, Law Division, setting aside tax assessments levied by the City of Newark for the years 1952 and 1953 on property owned by the Port of New York Authority and known as the Newark Union Motor Truck Terminal, or Inland Terminal No. 3. Because of the importance of the question presented, we granted certification prior to disposition of the ease in the Appellate Division.

In 1921, following the report of the New York, New Jersey Port and Harbor Development Commission, the States of…